rickety

English

Alternative forms

ricketty

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɪk.ɪ.ti/, /ˈɹɪk.e.ti/
Rhymes: -ɪkɪti or Rhymes: -ɪketi

Adjective

rickety (comparative ricketier, superlative ricketiest)

Of an object: not strong or sturdy, as because of poor construction or upkeep; not safe or secure.
He hesitated about climbing such a small, rickety ladder.
Of a person: feeble in the joints; tottering.
The rickety old man hardly managed to climb the stairs.
Affected with or suffering from rickets.

Synonyms

(not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): precarious, unsteady, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, wobbly, giddy

Translations

not strong because of poor construction or upkeep

Chinese:
Mandarin: 不牢 (bùláo)
Dutch: wankel (nl), gammel (nl), krakkemikkig (nl)
Finnish: hutera, kuppainen (fi)
French: branlant (fr), délabré (fr), boiteux (fr)
German: wackelig (de)
Greek: ετοιμόρροπος (el) m (etoimórropos), σαθρός (el) m (sathrós), ξεχαρβαλωμένος (el) m (xecharvaloménos)

Haitian Creole: delambre
Italian: traballante (it)
Persian: زپرتی‎‎ (fa) (zeperti)
Portuguese: precário (pt)
Russian: ве́тхий (ru) (vétxij)
Swedish: skranglig (sv)

feeble in the joints, tottering

Dutch: gebrekkig (nl)
Finnish: hauras (fi)
German: gebrechlich (de)

Greek: ετοιμόρροπος (el) m (etoimórropos)
Russian: трясущийся (ru) (trjasuščijsja)

affected with rickets

Chinese:
Mandarin: 佝偻病的 (gōulóubìngde)
Dutch: rachitisch
Finnish: riisitautinen (fi)
French: rachitique (fr)
German: rachitisch (de)

Greek: ραχιτικός (el) m (rachitikós)
Haitian Creole: rachitik
Italian: rachitico (it) m
Portuguese: raquítico (pt)
Russian: рахитичный (ru) (raxitičnyj)

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